My family are hunters. I'd like to talk to you about hunting and what I know about hunting [View all]

[LynneSin]

First, unless you are 100% vegan do not dare judge about hunting. I've seen the conditions of Corporate Farming and it is disgusting to say the least. What NORMAL everyday law abiding hunters do is far better than what you will find on the corporate farms that produce meat sold at most groceries stores.

What that dentist did absolutely disgusts me. In fact most of these people who travel to Africa for their big game trophy hunting absolutely disgusts me. I cannot see why anyone would want to kill an endangered animal just for the sake of a trophy to hang on the wall of some rare, beautiful exotic creature. It serves no purpose other that to boost one's low self-esteem over things like bank account size or male appendage parts.

But I want you to know that this is not true for most hunters. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and was raised in a family where the men (and some women although not my mother or myself) enjoyed hunting. In fact several members of my family even worked for the PA State Game Commission at some time or another (ages ago). I grew up respecting mother nature and the animals around me. I learned about the rules and that if one was to engage in hunting, trapping or fishing that the rules were created to ensure that everyone could enjoy in the sport for centuries to come without ever seeing harm to the overall population of these common species in our state. My family only engaged in hunting of animals they could actually USE and most respectable hunters do the same thing. Native Americans would use almost 99.9% of the animals they hunted and kill. Now I don't think my family comes that close to using that much of the animal but I know that we will butcher as much of the animal that we can to be used throughout the year. One Deer can provide plenty of steaks, burgers, sausage and other meats that can last throughout the winter. Sure my family could hunt bear but we tried bear meat and didn't like it so no one bothered to to hunt it for that reason alone. Smart hunters respect that if it is an animal they cannot use then why hunt it? Sure a nice trophy of a large deer rack is nice but if you aren't going to use the rest of the deer then it's a waste.

Respectful hunter obey the laws and find no need for such crazy exotic hunts. I know for one of my closest family members for him sometimes it's more for him sitting outside in nature and many years he doesn't come home with anything but just enjoys being out there looking.

And smart hunters also know this - they do not need automatic weapons to kill their prey. They also do not need to use illegal methods or canned hunts. And finally when they are done hunting they know the best place for their hunting rifles are someplace under lock and key where they are safe and cannot cause any harm to young curious children.

I hope that you understand that not all hunters out there are like this psychopath dentist from Minnesota or others that crave the attention of these exotic big game kills. Most would be happy just catching a White tail deer that they can use for meat for the winter months or perhaps a nice plump turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.